Maya Trabulsi
KPBS Evening Edition AnchorMaya Trabulsi is an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist who anchors KPBS Evening Edition. Maya was born in Beirut and grew up in Dubai and the United Kingdom. She came to San Diego after completing her B.A. in media communications with a minor degree in women’s studies from Webster University. She also holds a master’s degree in television, film, and new media studies from San Diego State University.
Since joining KPBS in 2014, Maya’s work has been recognized both regionally and nationally with first place awards for reporting and video editing from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Society of Professional Journalists, Radio and Television News Association, and the National Press Club.
In 2023, the San Diego Press club honored her investigative reporting on animal welfare issues with a first place award for her body of work. In 2024, Maya received her 8th and 9th Golden Mike awards, as well as a second Emmy for journalistic enterprise. She later received national recognition for her investigation into an unscrupulous dog breeder operating on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border when she won the Ann Cottrell Free award from the National Press Club.
Maya is an avid martial artist and holds a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
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Poway samaritan, known as "Trapper Pat," faces consequences for relocating rattlesnakes. -
Roger Dangel dedicates his home office to his love for American history. -
A trio of knitters is helping breast cancer survivors feel more comfortable, one loving stitch at a time. -
KPBS Midday EditionHow a Poway dog attack highlights the importance of leash laws. -
A conversation about anti-Asian hate with former San Diego news anchor Lee Ann Kim and an update on the more than 700 unaccompanied young migrant girls now sheltered in the San Diego Convention Center. -
KPBS Midday EditionHow the San Diego American Indian Health Center is working to keep its urban indigenous community healthy in body, mind and spirit amid the challenges posed by COVID-19.
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California is joining with the federal government to open two new vaccination centers as test areas for new President Joseph Biden’s effort to create 100 mass vaccination sites nationwide in 100 days.
- Two San Diego nonprofits are poised to lose promised environmental justice grants — but the EPA has yet to tell them
- Bob Filner, disgraced ex-mayor of San Diego, dies at 82
- Trump administration considers immigration detention on Bay Area military base, records show
- San Diego County releases dashboard compiling on South County sewage
- California sent investigators to ICE facilities. They found more detainees, and health care gaps
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Airlines scale back their flight schedules due to reduced demand amid the coronavirus outbreak, mortgage rates fall as a result of the Federal Reserve interest rate cut to boost the global economy and how the failure of Measure C will affect San Diego's convention business. -
The majority of voters appear to have rejected a Lemon Grove initiative to raise the city's sales tax in a bid to fix an ongoing budget deficit, which could mean the city becomes part of unincorporated San Diego County. -
With 350,000 ballots to be counted countywide, it appears two Republicans will face off against each other in November in the race to replace Dianne Jacob on the County Board of Supervisors. -
The San Diego Unified School District showcases a proposed hydration station aimed at removing lead contamination -
New SDSU research shows common foods can have a powerful and positive effect on the human microbiome. -
This week in business: the coronavirus may take a bite out of Apple's second-quarter profits, retailer Pier 1 plans to close nearly all its stores, and USC announces a new tuition plan for low- and middle-income students. -
'San Diego For Every Child' works to meet the needs of impoverished San Diego children. -
The race will bring a new supervisor as Dianne Jacob leaves office after 28 years on the county board.
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Can an increased sales tax help the financially struggling city of Lemon Grove?
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The Auto Club of Southern California says despite the myth, seniors are among the safest drivers.
